| Family Name | Araceae |
| Scientific name | Colocasia antiquorum |
| Common name | Elephant-ear, Taro, Cocoyam, Dasheen, Chembu, Eddoe |
| Growth habit | Clumps. |
| Leaf | Petiole hypertrophy, slightly shiny leaves peltate, ovate, thinly leathery surface, apex more pointed, ear-shaped base, with 2 cracks, the front lobes broadly ovate, acute, back lobes ovate, obtuse, entire, waveshape. |
| Flower | Fragrant pale yellow or orange flowers. Flowering between July and August. |
| Fruit | Small berry, in clusters on the fleshy stalk. |
| More to learn | This plant is toxic, must not be taken rawly, generally not be taken orally. " Ben Cao Jing Ji Zhu " written that: "Root can kill people, people do not know and eat, the dying, can drink soil slurry and dung juice to survive." |
| Properties | Spicy tasting, cold, toxic. Eliminates toxic heat and stasis to subdue swelling. |
| Treats | Carbuncle sore swollen poison; breast abscess; neck lymphadenitis; hemorrhoids; scabies; bruises; insects, snake bites. |
| Reference | General information on Colocasia antiquorum General information on Colocasia antiquorum Information on Colocasia antiquorum Gallery on Colocasia antiquorum Medical information on Colocasia antiquorum |